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I don't know what other people have been told - but nowhere have I ever read or heard that exercise will STOP a recurrence.
Everything I have read or been told is that exercise has been shown to REDUCE THE RISK of recurrence and that is what Kirsten wrote in her reply that has upset a few of you.
I can't imagine how heartbreaking it must be to have a recurrence and then to feel that you are being blamed must be a complete nightmare.
There is evidence that exercise will reduce the risk of a recurrence and that means LESS people will have a recurrence not that nobody will have a recurrence. Even if there was some magic bullet that could reduce the risk to 1% (and wouldn't we all be lining up for that??) - even at 1% that is still 1 person in a 100 or 10 in 1000 who will be UNLUCKY and have a recurrence. It doesn't meant that those people did something wrong or are to blame for their situation.
My oncologist was very upfront with this information - that all my adjuvant treatments and life style modifications (diet exercise etc) would REDUCE my risk of recurrence - never eliminate it. It's difficult to give such a negative message in a positive way but he was able to inspire me to do as much as I could to try to reduce my risk while still preparing me for the small chance that I could be one of the unlucky ones.
It saddens me that others did not receive the same information.
Everything I have read or been told is that exercise has been shown to REDUCE THE RISK of recurrence and that is what Kirsten wrote in her reply that has upset a few of you.
I can't imagine how heartbreaking it must be to have a recurrence and then to feel that you are being blamed must be a complete nightmare.
There is evidence that exercise will reduce the risk of a recurrence and that means LESS people will have a recurrence not that nobody will have a recurrence. Even if there was some magic bullet that could reduce the risk to 1% (and wouldn't we all be lining up for that??) - even at 1% that is still 1 person in a 100 or 10 in 1000 who will be UNLUCKY and have a recurrence. It doesn't meant that those people did something wrong or are to blame for their situation.
My oncologist was very upfront with this information - that all my adjuvant treatments and life style modifications (diet exercise etc) would REDUCE my risk of recurrence - never eliminate it. It's difficult to give such a negative message in a positive way but he was able to inspire me to do as much as I could to try to reduce my risk while still preparing me for the small chance that I could be one of the unlucky ones.
It saddens me that others did not receive the same information.
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